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The article presents proceedings of lower house of Parliament of Great Britain House of Commons including information on the diligence of public appointments by Commissioner for Public Appointments and addition of digital skills in the national curriculum by the Department for Education of Great Britain. It also discusses the selection procedure of faith schools in Great Britain and services of nonprofit organization Jisc for further education colleges.

The article focuses on the education of White British disadvantaged pupils, pupils of Gypsy, and Roma ethnicity. It includes information on the state funded faith schools and intake of pupils from ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. It also includes information on the University of Birmingham Free School.

The article presents several written questions answered in the House of Lords in Great Britain. Topics discussed include publication of data on the number of deaths of teachers, students and others due to mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases, assessment of the effectiveness of the Partners in Practice programme in improving children's services of local authority and a cap on faith-based schools.

The article focuses on the education-related issues discussed at the British House of Commons as of March 14, 2017. Topics discussed include the steps taken by the government to assess parents' preferences between increasing faith and non-faith school places, the impact of the proposed six percent budget savings on school spending and the publication date for the Schools Funding Formula.

The article offers insight to several statutory instruments on education issued in Great Britain. Topics discussed include "The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023;" and "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2023."

The article offers information on statutory instruments on education issued by Great Britain government. It mentions about Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2019 as mandated under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. It also informs on The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) (No. 2) Order 2019 pertaining to designation as a school which has a religious character.

The article examines the assessment of the British government on the impact of religious schools' admission policies on such schools. Topics discussed include view of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education, Lord Agnew of Oulton on faith schools, percentage of British adults who identified themselves as having no religion, and main aim of the humanist campaign.

The article informs that the British education secretary Damian Hinds has urged more faith schools to consider academy conversion and mentions his views on how the diversity of schools in the country was one the education system's most valuable assets.

The author points out that unregistered schools in Great Britain should be closed. Topics discussed include unregistered schools accepting students who have been withdrawn by their parents from a maintained school, faith-based unregistered schools and the lack of feedback on the Department of Education's consultation "Out-of-school education settings: Call for evidence.

The article discusses the debate in the House of Lords, with the Archbishop of Canterbury emphasizing the role of education in building a prosperous and skilled society. Topics discussed include the Archbishop's belief that schools and further and higher education institutions can help people equip for the shift of the fourth industrial revolution, his argument on the neglect of the value of further education and Lord Baker of Dorking's argument against single-faith schools.

The article offers educational news briefs. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is encountering pressure to address child poverty through his 2008 educational budget. An article from the "Daily Mail" newspaper presented statistics on the number of British children who are being taken out of school in order to enter into arranged marriages in foreign countries. British church leaders have commented on accusations that British religious schools have excluded low-income children.

The article discusses the fears felt by religious schools in Great Britain over educational guidance requiring them to promote British values that may go against religious teachings. Topics discussed include the role of British Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in promoting the values, attitudes towards homosexuality held by some British religious schools, and the so-called "Trojan Horse" controversy in which Muslim fundamentalists attempted to take over school leadership in Manchester, England.

The article discusses a Parliamentary debate on the application of Great Britain's national curriculum to free schools and faith schools. Topics include the opinion of the Bishop of Lichfield on the description of Church of England (C of E) schools as faith schools, the sex and relationship aspect of the national curriculum, and the effectiveness of drug education.

The article reports that the Association of Muslim Schools has discovered that many independent Muslim schools in England could be forced to close because of lack of funds. According to the article, most schools rely on fees and donations. One hundred nineteen Muslim schools in England are independent and rely on fees and donations.

The article reports that Nigel Duncan, deputy headteacher at Quintin Kynaston in St John's Wood, London, England, has been accused of forging paperwork to get his children accepted into the Larmenier and Sacred Heart School in West London, England. Duncan allegedly filled in blank baptism forms that he found on the internet and used a fake stamp embossed with a church seal as well as forging a priest's signature. Duncan denies the allegations.

The article discusses research results from Great Britain's Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), which found that one in five independent faith schools surveyed were failing to teach children anything about other faiths. OFSTED's report also commented on the teaching materials of the faith schools. According to the article, many parents told OFSTED that they wanted more religious acceptance in state schools.

The article looks at the results of a survey on the social divisiveness of faith schools in Great Britain. 72 percent of survey respondents believe that state funded schools should adhere to employment and recruitment policies that do not discriminate based on religious beliefs. The global education program "Face to Faith" is also discussed.

The article discusses sex instruction in British schools, which the government plans to make mandatory for all primary school students to receive. Sir Alasdair Macdonald made such a recommendation in an independent review that he made. The classes will be offered through the personal, social, and health education (PSHE) curriculum and religious schools will have the chance to teach the subject matter from the viewpoint of their choosing.

The article reports on the investigations of the British Office for Standards in Education being made regarding alleged civic attitudes being taught in private religious schools. Details are given citing the concerns that some private religious schools are teaching intolerance and that such would be detrimental to British society.

The article discusses a report from the British think tank, Centre for Policy Studies, concerning allegations from government ministers regarding faith schools. It also notes that the report denies ministerial claims that faith schools broke admissions codes and selected the best students. Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments that the report features an us versus them mentality which will not bring the organisations closer.

The article discusses documents and publications related to education in Great Britain. The Centre for Policy Studies published a report titled "In Bad Faith," which explores the future of faith schools in Britain. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) published "The Composition of Schools in England," which focuses on the distribution of students between schools. DCSF also published "Survey of Parents in England 2008," which measures parental satisfaction with schools.